Kevin Hassett 'very, very confident' courts will back Trump's tariffs amid legal setback

White House Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett says helium remains "very, precise confident" that courts volition enactment President Donald Trump's tariff agenda.

Hassett made the connection during a Sunday greeting quality connected ABC's "This Week," telling big George Stephanopoulos that the White House inactive expects "Plan A" to enactment out.

"And truthful we're precise thrilled. We are precise assured that the judges would uphold this law. And truthful I deliberation that that's Plan A, and we're very, precise assured that Plan A is each we're ever going to need," Hassett said.

"But if, for immoderate reason, immoderate justice were to accidental that it's not a nationalist exigency erstwhile much Americans dice from fentanyl than person ever died successful each American wars combined, that's not an exigency that the president has authorization implicit – if that ludicrous connection is made by a justice somewhere, past we'll person different alternatives that we tin prosecute arsenic good to marque definite that we marque American commercialized just again," helium added.

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White House Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett defended President Donald Trump's tariff program connected Sunday. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Hassett's quality comes aft a national tribunal struck down Trump's tariffs successful a ruling past week, lone for an appeals tribunal to contented a impermanent enactment protecting the tariffs during litigation.

The appeals tribunal ruling paused a decision by the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT), frankincense allowing Trump to proceed to enact the 10% baseline tariff and the alleged "reciprocal tariffs" that helium announced April 2 nether the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, oregon IEEPA. 

The CIT had ruled unanimously to artifact the tariffs the time before.

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President Donald Trump has utilized the menace of tariffs passim his opening months successful office. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Members of the three-judge sheet who were appointed by Trump, erstwhile President Barack Obama and erstwhile President Ronald Reagan, ruled unanimously that Trump had overstepped his authorization nether IEEPA.

They noted that, arsenic commandant successful chief, Trump does not person "unbounded authority" to enforce tariffs nether the exigency law.

President Donald Trump holds a illustration arsenic helium delivers remarks connected reciprocal tariffs during an lawsuit successful the Rose Garden entitled Make America Wealthy Again astatine the White House successful Washington, D.C. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

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For now, the load of impervious shifts to the government, which indispensable person the tribunal it volition endure "irreparable harm" if the injunction remains successful place, a precocious ineligible modular the Trump medication indispensable meet.

Fox News' Breanne Deppisch contributed to this report